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Biannual Sticker Shock!

Yep, it's that time of year.....where I hemorrhage money to pay for texts. Got my list of needed texts for this semester, and the total was $475.00! So far, there could conceivably be some supplementals I need yet.

The joys of the student's life! Gotta love it!

__________________. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant

well i imagine those bikeforum bucks are just rolling in for your moderator services, lucky thing you're a rich student

... i was fortunate at my school we "rented" the books, so it was included in our tuition, and we checked them out for the semester. it was always the best when you got the book of someone who highlighted all the good stuff already.

Yep, it's that time of year.....where I hemorrhage money to pay for texts. Got my list of needed texts for this semester, and the total was $475.00! So far, there could conceivably be some supplementals I need yet.

The joys of the student's life! Gotta love it!

Half.com, Books a Million, Amazon, are your friend. Don't ever pay full price for texts if you can dodge it.

Come on over to the philosophy department. We use those hackett anthologies that are generally around $7-$16 brand new. A few years ago I taught a course in American philosophy with public domain etexts. Textbooks are a rip off. Often it is better to buy used: